Re: sound(4) purge candidates

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 11:49:46PM +0200, Christos Margiolis wrote:
> Joel Dahl wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 07:32:50PM +0200, Christos Margiolis wrote:
> > > I compiled the following list of PCI drivers that we could possibly
> > > purge. I've included the drivers that have either never been referenced
> > > in NYC*BUG dmesgd [1] or whose last reference is prior to 2010.
> > 
> > FWIW, I still have my old snd_es137x, snd_fm801, snd_solo, snd_csa, and snd_cmi cards. I
> > test them from time to time and they still work (about ~2 years ago at least).
> 
> Interesting. I would expect the drivers to work, as you said, but the
> rationale behind my email is more like, do we want to keep supporting
> these cards in the first place? Is there demand for them? Ed got rid of
> the ISA drivers a while ago as well, so I'm thinking whether we might
> want to start cleaning up our PCI drivers as well.

Are these drivers preventing development in the sound area? Do they increase
the maintenance burden? When I look at the code I don't see much git activity
in any of the drivers for the past 10 years or so. But the drivers still do
seem to work (at least for the cards I have).

-- 
Joel